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Cross-Referenced Perspectives on Three Science Teachers’ Practices Incorporating the History of Science in their Classrooms
This paper presents an analysis of three teachers’ “ordinary” class sessions integrating historical elements of science in their teaching: one a...
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Portrayals of Scientists in Science Textbooks of Secondary Schools in Iran: A Qualitative Study in the History of Science
The main purpose of the present study was to investigate the historical content in high school science textbooks in Iran to determine what image of...
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The History of Science in Science Teacher Education
Different studies and the personal experience of the author of this chapter in pre-service and in-service teacher training for science education show...
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Why Teachers (Do Not) Integrate History of Science into Physics Courses
Research has been pointing out for decades that the use of History of Science (HoS) in Physics Education has a positive impact on cognitive,...
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History of Science in Physics Education in the Last Decade: Which Direction We Are Heading?
The focus on history of science (HOS) in physics education has been advocated for a long time. However, what are the actual implications of proposals...
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Natural History Museum Guides’ Conceptions on the Integration of the Nature of Science
The development of understanding of nature of science (NOS) can be seen as one of the educational goals of natural history museums. In these museums,...
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History of Pressure Implemented in a Nature of Science Professional Development Program for Science Teachers
Researchers of science education, historians, and philosophers of science agree that the teaching of nature of science (NOS) is important to be...
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First-Year Teacher Education Students’ Epistemological Beliefs About Science and History: Domain-Specific Profiles and Relationships
This study investigates the developmental levels of epistemological beliefs (EBs) about science and history among first-year teacher trainees ( n = 146...
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Using the History of the Super-Organismic-Plant-Community Concept To Help Students Understand the Nature of Science
Although formulating a broadly accepted definition of scientific literacy may be challenging, it is widely recognized that Nature of Science (NOS) is...
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History of Science Reading Materials as Everyday Homework to Improve Middle School Students’ Epistemological Beliefs about Science
The history of science (HOS) has played an important role in science curricula for teaching about science. However, historical information in science...
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Looking back at “our science” and “our history”: an exploration of Korean preservice science teachers’ encounters with East Asian history of science
Despite the long-standing interest among science educators in using history of science in science teaching, little has been discussed around whether...
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The Value of the Philosophy of Science in Senior High School Science Education from the Perspective of the Nature of Science
Numerous studies have shown that teaching the history and philosophy of science (POS) can help improve senior high school students’ scientific...
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The Contributions of Philosophy of Science in Science Education Research: a Literature Review
The philosophy of science (POS) has gained recognition for its contributions to science education, particularly in integrating the history and...
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Bhutanese Primary Science Teachers’ Epistemic Beliefs of Science
Epistemic beliefs of science (EBS) are considered to have a strong influence on how science teachers view science itself and carry out science...
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History of Science in Two Recent Versions of High School Physics Textbooks in China
The history of science has a unique value to teaching, and textbooks play an important role in permeating the history of science in science courses....
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Historically underrepresented and marginalized science fiction convention attendees’ life experiences related to science and science fiction
Many science fiction conventions host interactive sessions and activities related to science fiction, fantasy, and popular culture media for the...
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Using the History of Research on DNA to Teach NOS
Science education literature states that fostering students’ and teachers’ knowledge of NOS has shifted from being a desirable goal to an essential...
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Turkish Science Teachers’ Views on Nature of Science: Curriculum and Implementation
The recent Nature of Science (NOS) approach that was extended from the “Family Resemblance Approach (FRA) to NOS” (Irzik & Nola,
2014 ) is the...
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Evolutionary change over time: The history of history in US fundamentalist school publishing
Jenna Scaramanga and Michael Reiss, in their article, “Evolutionary stasis: creationism, evolution and climate change in the Accelerated Christian...
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Culturally relevant science teaching: possible connection of socio-cultural knowledge with present science curriculum of Nepal
This study aims to examine the connection of culturally relevant science pedagogy to school science teaching in Nepali context. A library research...